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Preface Introduction by Rosanna Hertz and Nancy L. Marshall PART ONE: Changing Families 1. The Rise of the Dual-Worker Family, 1963-1997, by Linda J. Waite and Mark Nielsen 2. Gendered Careers: A Life Course Perspective, by Phyllis Moen and Shin-Kap Han3. Getting Younger While Getting Older: Family-Building at Midlife, by Lillian B. Rubin 4. Men's Family Work: Child-Centered Fathering and the Sharing of Domestic Labor, by Scott Coltrane and Michele Adams PART TWO: Changing Workplaces 5. Family-Responsive Benefits and the Two-Tiered Labor Market, by Cynthia H. Deitch and Matt L. Huffman 6. How Are Small Businesses Responding to Work and Family Issues? by Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes and Leon Litchfield 7. Part-Time Work Arrangements and the Corporation: A Dynamic Interaction, by Marcia Brumit Kropf 8. Toward a New View of Work and Family Life, by Ellen Galinsky 9. Work, Family, and Globalization: Broadening the Scope of Policy Analysis, by Harriet E. Gross PART THREE: Heartstrings and Pursestrings: Gendered Views from Within 10. Changing the Structure and Culture of Work: Work-Family Conflict, Work Flexibility, and Gender Equity in the Modern Workplace, by Kathleen Gerson and Jerry A. Jacobs 11. Workplace Policies and the Psychological Well-Being of First-Time Parents: The Case of Working-Class Families, by Heather-Lyn Haley, Maureen Perry-Jenkins, and Amy Armenia 12. Work, Family, and Gender in Medicine: How Do Dual-Earners Decide Who Should Work Less? by Lena M. Lundgren, Jennifer Fleischer-Cooperman, Robert Schneider, and Therese Fitzgerald 13. From Babysitters to Child Care Providers: The Development of a Feminist Consciousness in Family Day Care Workers, by Heather M. Fitz Gibbon PART FOUR: Children's Experiences 14. Children, Work, and Family: Some Thoughts on Mother Blame, by Anita Ilta Garey and Terry Arendell 15. The Kinderdult: The New Child Born to Conflict between Work and Family, by Diane Ehrensaft 16. Passing between the Worlds of Maid and Mistress: The Life Story of a Mexican Maid's Daughter, by Mary Romero 17. Eavesdropping Children, Adult Deals, and Cultures of Care, by Arlie Russell Hochschild 18. Pick-Up Time at Oakdale Elementary School: Work and Family from the Vantage Points of Children, by Barrie Thorne Contributors Index

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